first edition Hardcover
1930 · New York
by VAN DINE, S.S.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight soiling on the front fly, very near fine in a rubbed, very good dustwrapper with small nicks and tears. A nice copy. Basis for the 1936 British film with Wilfred Hyde-White playing detective Philo Vance, and with a script by Selwyn Jepson. (Inventory #: 294234)